Enterprise Investors woos firms wary of bourse

Due to this, private equity funds as well as larger corporations are targeting new opportunities, with Enterprise Investors, the largest domestic private equity fund, for example, announcing plans to pursue direct investments. "A group of our specialists will be knocking on the doors of companies which were planning IPOs to try and spark interest in our proposition. Another group will be taking a closer look at listed companies, and whether it would be worth purchasing a controlling stake in them," said EI president Jacek Siwicki. He admitted that although prices have fallen, the companies are still not that cheap. According to deputy president of Capital Partners, Maciej Górski, it is thought that the price expectations of companies looking for capital will become more realistic. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) A.K.